Vinay Tiwari, a journalist working for local Hindi news website Bundelkhand Times, was seriously injured in an attack allegedly by the family of Dhaurra village head and a number of other assailants in Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The International Federation...
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India: Reporter brutally stabbed to death near Chennai
G. Moses, a reporter for Tamilian TV, has been hacked to death in the western suburb of Kundrathru, Tamil Nadu, allegedly for his coverage of illegal land grabbing in the area. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the journalist’s brutal attack...
Alert: Former Tolonews journalist killed in targeted attack
Yama Siawash, former TOLO news television journalist in Afghanistan was killed on November 7 in the targeted explosion in Makrorayan-e-Char area of Kabul. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA) are...
Pakistan: Columnist and social media activist arrested
Media columnist and social media activist Bayazid Kharoti, who was reported ‘missing’ since November 4, had actually been arrested in Quetta on charges of meddling in the work of police. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the...
India: NUJ(I) Condemns Arnab Goswami’s Illegal Arrest
The National Union of Journalists (India) strongly condemns the illegal arrest of noted journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Republic Media Network Arnab Goswami. The forcible entry of the Mumbai police into the residence of Mr Goswami without serving him any prior...
Bangladesh: Four journalists charged under draconian Digital Security Act
Four journalists, including and editor and publisher, from Lakshmipur district in South Eastern Bangladesh are the latest media workers to be pursued under Bangladesh’s notorious Digital Security Act (DSA). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns...
South Asia: Fourteen murders in 2020, impunity rife
Corruption, weak institutional mechanisms, lack of political will are key factors the IFJ documented as major reasons that results on denial and delay of the justice on crime against journalists in South Asia. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and...
Sri Lanka: Press Release
There is an upsurge of instances of violent crimes against journalists all over the world during the past several years. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has named 2020 as the year to end impunity for crimes against journalists and has organized an...
#EndImpunity: India
India, the world’s largest democracy, has a grim record of 55 journalists killed between 2010 and 2020. Of the long list of murders and targeted killings, just one and only one case has been resolved. The remainder lie largely cold, waiting for authorities either...
Free Media Movement: Media Release to commemorate the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ observed on November 02
Sri Lanka is a country with a history of non-implementation of Justice to crimes against journalists! While it is the responsibility of any government to ensure Justice regarding crimes committed against journalists, the Free Media Movement expresses its apprehension...